# Meta's $1,299 VR Glasses put the computer in your pocket

Source: https://idevice.com/meta-s-1-299-vr-glasses-put-the-computer-in-your-pocket
Published: 2026-09-24

> It has the sharpest screen Meta has ever sold, but you get a narrower view than a Quest 3, and you'll wait until spring 2027 to buy one.

Meta unveiled the $1,299 [Meta VR Glasses](https://idevice.com/head/meta-phoenix/roadmap) at Connect on Wednesday, and they go on sale in spring 2027. It's the first new VR hardware Meta has shown in two years, and it's built differently from a Quest. The processor, cooling fan and battery live in a separate pack that clips to your pocket or sits on a table, and a cable joins it to what's on your face, which is shaped like glasses rather than a headset. [Road to VR's hands-on](https://roadtovr.com/meta-vr-glass-hands-onconnect-2026/) notes the device was known as Project Phoenix before it had a name.

You steer it with your eyes and hand gestures. The screen is micro-OLED at 2,412 by 2,288 pixels per eye and 37 pixels per degree, the most pixel-dense display Meta has sold, and [Karissa Bell, who tried it for Engadget](https://www.engadget.com/2267222/meta-vr-glasses-hands-on-hand-tracking/), said it was the sharpest mixed reality display she can remember seeing. The view is narrower, though: 70 degrees across, against 110 on Quest 3.

## Sources

- [Road to VR](https://roadtovr.com/meta-vr-glass-hands-onconnect-2026/) (Road to VR)
- [Engadget](https://www.engadget.com/2267222/meta-vr-glasses-hands-on-hand-tracking/) (Engadget)